Celestia 1.5.0 prerelease 5

[LordFerret]

Thankyou sir!

[Adirondack]

Context menu of objects

The additional features of the context menu are fine (Show Body Axes and so on).
But IMHO now it's a little bit "full" in the context menu.
Wouldn't it be more cleared when this options go to a sub-menu?

E.g.:

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Show Axes -> Show Body Axes
             Show Frame Axes
             Show Sun Direction
             Show Velocity Vector

Just a thought.

Adirondack

[tech2000]

Context menu of objects

The additional features of the context menu are fine (Show Body Axes and so on).
But IMHO now it's a little bit "full" in the context menu.
Wouldn't it be more cleared when this options go to a sub-menu?

E.g.:

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Show Axes -> Show Body Axes
             Show Frame Axes
             Show Sun Direction
             Show Velocity Vector

Just a thought.

Adirondack

I agree. Please keep the popup menu as clear as possible.

Bye, Anders

[Vincent]

Ulrich, Anders,

I also agree with this request, and I have a fix ready for that.
However, you should add a feature request on the Sourceforge tracker since the name of the sub-menu entry may have to be discussed with Chris and the other devs (Show Axes?, Show Vectors?, ...)

[Chuft-Captain]

Also, I notice that by the fact that these options are on the context menu, it requires a "click" on the object in order to activate them.
This is not always possible, so it would be better in my opinion if they were on a Titlebar menu and settings would apply to the currently selected object, rather than the one "clicked" on.

[tech2000]

Vincent: To eliminate the problem with a mix of axes and vectors (Show Axes, Show Vectors) it could even be simplified like this.

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Show -> Body Axes
        Frame Axes
        Sun Direction
        Velocity Vector

Cheers, Anders

[chris]

Vincent: To eliminate the problem with a mix of axes and vectors (Show Axes, Show Vectors) it could even be simplified like this.

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Show -> Body Axes
        Frame Axes
        Sun Direction
        Velocity Vector

Cheers, Anders

I agree that they should go into a sub-menu, but 'Show' is too vague. How about 'Reference Vectors'?

As suggested by Chuft-Captain, there should probably be items in the top level menu for showing these arrows. Otherwise, it's impossible to enable them for invisible objects. My original idea was that enabling arrows for invisible objects should be done via a context menu for items in the solar system browser. I still think this is a good idea, but it should be ok to have some top level menu items to act on the current selection (following the precedent of 'Center Selection', 'Go to Selection', etc.)

--Chris

[Vincent]

I agree that they should go into a sub-menu, but 'Show' is too vague. How about 'Reference Vectors'?

I've used 'Reference Marks' in my fix, but I'm fine with 'Reference Vectors' too.

As suggested by Chuft-Captain, there should probably be items in the top level menu for showing these arrows.

Chris, shall we also we use a sub-menu when integrating these items in the top level menu ?

[chris]

I agree that they should go into a sub-menu, but 'Show' is too vague. How about 'Reference Vectors'?

I've used 'Reference Marks' in my fix, but I'm fine with 'Reference Vectors' too.

As suggested by Chuft-Captain, there should probably be items in the top level menu for showing these arrows.

Chris, shall we also we use a sub-menu when integrating these items in the top level menu ?

Yes, for consistency we should use a submenu there as well.

--Chris

[Vincent]

I've checked in a change that adds the 'Reference Vectors' submenu to the Windows popup menu.

[Adirondack]

I've checked in a change that adds the 'Reference Vectors' submenu to the Windows popup menu.

Thanks.

Adirondack